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prince4332/unfiltered-pidgin-english-lexicon

Dataset Summary The unfiltered-pidgin-english-lexicon is a specialized dictionary dataset mapping West African Pidgin English terms to their English meanings. It contains 1,874 unique pidgin terms alongside localized definitions, serving as a foundational resource for Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks involving low-resource West African creoles and pidgins (specifically Nigerian Pidgin/Naija, pcm). The primary data source is compiled from Naijalingo. Dataset… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/prince4332/unfiltered-pidgin-english-lexicon.

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Dataset Summary

The unfiltered-pidgin-english-lexicon is a specialized dictionary dataset mapping West African Pidgin English terms to their English meanings. It contains 1,874 unique pidgin terms alongside localized definitions, serving as a foundational resource for Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks involving low-resource West African creoles and pidgins (specifically Nigerian Pidgin/Naija, pcm).

The primary data source is compiled from Naijalingo.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is structured as a single flat configuration, typically distributed in CSV, JSON, or Parquet format with the following schema:

Column Name	Data Type	Description
`term`	string	The specific Pidgin English word or phrase
`meaning`	string	The definition or equivalent translation in standard English

Data Example

json

{
  "term": "Abee",
  "meaning": "Is it not? / Right?"
}